10. JumpCam

At first blush, it may not be obvious what’s different about JumpCam,
an app for taking and sharing short videos. But it’s built around a
feature that isn’t anywhere near as plain-vanilla as its look and feel.
Rather than just letting you share clips with friends, acquaintances and
perfect strangers, it lets you collaborate with them, piecing together
shots into mini-movies, which can grow and evolve over time.Compatible Devices: iOS and Android.
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9. Quip

Quip

Quip is a connected word processor that looks gorgeous and emphasizes
collaboration above all else in a manner that’s striking even in an era
in which all word processors have collaborative features. It smacks of
the ill-fated Google Wave,
which featured workgroup document editing, versioning, chat and other
features smooshed together in a wildly ambitious and unorthodox fashion.
But while it was tough to figure out exactly what Wave was for, Quip’s
overarching purpose is obvious. It’s something that every business knows
it needs: a word processor.Compatible Devices: Mac, PC, iOS and Android (preview version)

8. Coast by Opera

Imagine a web browser with no backward or forward buttons, no
conventional address bar, no bookmarks, no tabs, no home button or any
of the other things you might assume even an unusually imaginative
browser couldn’t live without. That’s Opera’s Coast web browser, a
thoughtful retooling of browsing that somehow feels even more iPad-like
than Safari does.Compatible Devices: iOS (iPad only)

7. Foursquare for Windows 8

Foursquare

Sure, Foursquare is available on other operating systems, but none of
its incarnations has been designed like this one. It’s one of the
slickest Windows 8 apps around, with big, beautiful photos and
information tiled together into blocks for addictive browsing.
Everything is designed to look good and work well on conventional
Windows 8 laptops and desktops, including ones without touchscreens, as
well as tablets.Compatible Devices: Windows 8

6. Umano

iTunes

Believe it or not, sometimes there’s just too much stuff on the
Internet to read every day. Umano picks out some of the gems and
recreates them as audiobook-like pieces read by professional voice
talent. It’s a nice way to get caught up at the end of each day, with
articles from popular sources spread out across a wide array of content
categories. The app technically came out for iOS late last year, so it
missed our 2012 list; the Android version came out this year.Compatible Devices: iOS and Android.
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5. IFTTT

IFTTT

With so many web-based services to take advantage of nowadays, a
little automation goes a long way. Think of IFTTT (If This, Then That)
as a middleman that sits between all of them, letting them interact with
each other. You can get an e-mail when it’s raining, save your iPhone
photos to a cloud-based storage service, or get a text message when your
stocks go up or down.Compatible Devices: iOS

4. Mailbox

Mailbox looks to tame your Gmail inbox by letting you quickly archive
e-mails with a swipe or turn them into task-like entities to deal with
later. The app’s design emphasizes speed and simplicity, helping you to
slice through your mountain of messages in a matter of minutes. Yes,
you’re basically engaging in digital procrastination, but at least it’ll
help you feel somewhat organized. There’s nothing quite like the
feeling of reaching inbox zero, if only for a short while.Compatible Devices: iOS

3. LinkedIn Intro

LinkedIn

Intro works inside Apple‘s
own Mail app. The top of each message you receive sports a small,
expandable pane of information about the sender, drawn from LinkedIn:
his or her photo, work experience and other background details, updates
that person has posted on LinkedIn and a list of people you know in
common. It’s beautifully, seamlessly done, looking like something that
Apple might have built into Mail itself.Compatible Devices: iOS.
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2. iWork for iCloud

Apple

By making Pages, Numbers and Keynote — and the documents you create
in them — readily available on any computer, iWork for iCloud makes it a
lot more feasible to work without having to convert documents back and
forth into Microsoft Office format. (That said, it does import and
export in Word, Excel and PowerPoint, still an essential feature for any
productivity suite.) It’s the first time that the apps have been
available at all on Windows, and the first time that Mac users have had
access to them without paying for the OS X versions.Compatible Devices: Mac and Windows

1. Xbox One SmartGlass

Crytek / Microsoft

The Xbox One multitasks like no one’s business, but SmartGlass is
Microsoft recognizing that even with side-by-side features like Snap,
sometimes it’s preferable to divide and conquer. If you want to send a
friend a message, you just type in the SmartGlass app interface. If you
want to watch game clips you’ve saved to the cloud, they’re a tap away,
as are achievements, messages and your Xbox One profile info. You can
even tap a controller icon to summon a touchscreen version of the Xbox
One controller if you just want to swipe the Xbox One’s cursor around
from across the room, wielding SmartGlass as a wireless trackpad.Compatible Devices: Windows, Windows Phone, iOS and Android

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 review

Smarter, longer, faster, something else-er... this is an evolution and a half

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is looking to continue in the same vein as the original Galaxy Note and Galaxy Note 2, offering you a phone which could almost be mistaken for a tablet and wants you to believe it's both.
Let's
get one thing straight before we dive into this review though, the
Galaxy Note 3 is only going to appeal to a narrow segment of users, it's
certainly not going to have the broad appeal of the Galaxy S4, nor catch the eye of the fashion-conscious iPhone 5S purchaser.

Ratings in depth

The
Note 3 isn't pretending to be anything it's not. It knows it's a big,
some may say huge, smartphone and Samsung understands that form factor
won't be for everyone.
That said, with big size comes big price,
and the Galaxy Note 3 will set you back a wallet-busting £600 (around
$950, AU$1,000) SIM-free.
The hefty price tag can be softened if
you choose to pick the Note 3 up on a two year contract, but you'll
still be paying a relatively high amount a month for the privilege -
upwards of £35 per month in the UK if you want a free phone.
In
terms of competition there's not a great deal which compares to the
Samsung Galaxy Note 3, but its closest competitor is currently the Sony Xperia Z Ultra which boasts a massive 6.4-inch which dwarfs even this handset.A
quick glance over the Galaxy Note 3 and it does exactly what we thought
it would do: takes over the mantle as the world's most powerful
smartphone, although the advantage is a lot smaller this time.
First
up we have to mention the display - it's grown again since the 5.5-inch
offering on the Note 2 to a palm busting 5.7 inches complete with a
full HD, 1080 x 1920 Super AMOLED display.
That's
the same resolution as the Galaxy S4, but as the screen is larger on
the Galaxy Note 3 the pixel count isn't as great at 386ppi, so it's not
quite as pin sharp as its smaller brother. It still looks pretty
impressive though - and so it should for the price Samsung is asking.
We're still waiting for Samsung to embrace the full metal chassis we've enjoyed on the HTC One and the iPhone 5, but it is trying something slightly different with the Note 3.
The
Galaxy Note 3 has retained the metal frame from the Galaxy S4 running
around the edge of the device providing a rigid body and a more premium
look, but it's on the rear where Samsung has tried something new.Lay the Note 3 face down, take a quick glance at the handset and it appears the rear is made of leather.
It
isn't, of course, it's that famous plastic Samsung is so fond off. The
finish is textured to give it the appearance of leather and this
actually provides some much needed grip.
Those stitches running
round the outside of the back cover? Well that's just a pattern formed
in the plastic. It may not be everyone's cup of tea and it looks a bit
tacky upon closer inspection, but the Note 3 does feel like a solid,
well built device.On
the plus side the plastic cover can be removed giving you access to the
Note 3's sizable 3,200mAh battery as well as the microSD slot which is
cleverly stacked on top of the microSIM port - allowing Samsung to save
some space.
Somehow Samsung has managed to make the Galaxy Note 3
slightly smaller than its predecessor, measuring 151.2 x 79.2 x 8.3 mm.
That's still quite a sizable device, but considering it's got a slightly
larger display, beefier processor and more powerful 13MP camera it's an
impressive feat.
Those of you blessed with smaller palms will
still struggle to hold the Note 3 in one hand, especially when typing is
involved, but thanks to its reduced weight (it's 168g, down from 183g
on the Note 2) it's certainly the most manageable Note smartphone to
date.The
sheer size of the Galaxy Note 3 means you'll be constantly shuffling it
up and down your palm as you try and reach the volume rocker and
power/lock keys located towards the top on the left and right sides of
the handset and the menu keys below the screen.
While the buttons
are responsive, we found we tended to employ our second hand to help us
out when moving from the power/lock key down to the home, menu and back
buttons.
Under the hood of our review unit sat an insanely
powerful 2.3GHz quad-core processor, although a select few markets will
be treated to an octa-core option which houses two quad-core chips.You
also get 3GB of RAM and the option of 32GB or 64GB of internal storage
in the Samsung Galaxy Note 3, while the latest version of Google's
operating system - Android 4.3 Jelly Bean - runs merrily on top of all this.
From
the front you'll note there's a pleasingly slender bezel running down
either side of that monster 5.7-inch display, while below you get the
customary physical home key flanked by two touch keys - menu on the left
and back on the right.
You can't see the touch keys when the Note
3 is idle, as their backlights are only displayed when you unlock the
handset or tap the area they're located in.They
are incredibly responsive though, and you don't have to worry about
getting your finger right on the logo, the area of recognition is wide
enough to pick up even the most misguided stabs.
Apart from the
questionable leather-effect rear the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 offers up
little in terms of design. Sure it looks a little more premium than the
Galaxy Note 2, and it does feel well made - but at the end of the day
it's a little uninspiring.
Those will petite palms or a penchant
for skinny jeans will struggle with the size of the Note 3, but if
you've been taken with its predecessors then you'll be happy to hear
this is the best looking Note smartphone to date.

Apple's iPhone 5 was released on September 21, 2012. It features a taller screen, blisteringly-fast Apple A6 processor, LTE 4G and DC-HSPA networking, a new Lightning connector, and iOS 6, making it one of the most advanced, and best phones on the planet.

Apple has released a small update for Verizon iPhone 5 users after it was discovered that the iPhone 5 may be using cellular data even if the device is connected to a Wi-Fi network. The update started rolling out last night and was in response to a number of complaints from Verizon iPhone 5 users who noticed that their data allowances were shrinking even when using a Wi-Fi data connection.

Bollywood actress Riya Sen poses with the newly launched Nokia N8 mobile phone in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010. Riya Sen poses with the newly launched Nokia N8 mobile phone with the Ovi service during its launch. The N8 is considered to be a crucial development in Nokia’s product line as it is a competitor to the iPhone, Blackberry, and Android-platform smart-phones that have been chipping away at the company’s market share. The phone is priced approximately at INR 26259, or US$ 592. Check out 8 more pics after the jump. I know you want some more information or gossip on Riya but I simply can't, Coz she is probably doing nothing these days.

Communicator xpPhone, developed by Chinese company ITG, very soon go on sale. Its development has been going on for seven months, and during this period was uncovered is absolutely all the information about it. All the programs that run on desktops, work fine and xpPhone, so that you can safely assume this unit is a full-fledged computer with phone features.

The most minimal equipment communicator ITG xpPhone includes energy-efficient processors from AMD, solid-state hard drive for 32 GB and 512 MB of RAM. On the front panel in this case will be installed touch-screen display with a diagonal of 4.8 inches and a resolution of 800x480 pixels. Communicator xpPhone endowed with Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS-chipset and slot microSD, as well as support for cellular networks, GSM, TD-SCDMA, WCDMA and CDMA EVDO. The device will come in black, silver, white and red colors of the shell. In such a configuration xpPhone costs $ 440. More expensive versions are equipped with a larger diagonal screen and more capacious hard drive. The most expensive xpPhone can be purchased for $ 660.

The first new product, Nokia C3, made in a candybar with a QWERTY-keyboard and is based on the platform S40. The phone has a 2.4-inch touchscreen display with QVGA, equipped with a 2-megapixel camera, a wireless interface module Wi-Fi and a slot for memory card format MicroSD. In addition, the presence of support services Ovi Mail, Ovi Chat and networks GSM / EGSM (850/900/1800/1900 MHz). Presumably, the model will go on sale in the second quarter of this year and will be available in three colors: gray, pink and golden-white. The cost of the device - 90 euros. more images after the break...

Next novelty, Nokia C6, - is a smartphone, made in the slider and is equipped with QWERTY-keyboard. The device has a 3.2-inch 640x360 pixels, integrated GPS-navigator, 5-megapixel camera with autofocus and flash, 3.5-mm audio connector and a slot for memory card format MicroSD. Also "on board" device contains modules Bluetooth 2.0 and Wi-Fi, FM-tuner, 200 megabytes of internal memory and slot Micro-USB. Smartphone running the operating system Symbian S60 5.0. For sale Nokia C6 appears in the second quarter of this year with an estimated retail price of 220 euros.

Following news of yesterday's events - Nokia E5. Like previous models, this has a built-in QWERTY-keyboard, and, except for "activists" of social networks, perfect for beznesmenov. Nokia E5 executed in a candybar, a 2.4-inch touchscreen display with QVGA resolution and runs under the operating system Symbian S60 3rd Edition. In the list of specifications of the device has built-in 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED-flash, Bluetooth 2.0 and Wi-Fi, jack 3,5 mm, GPS-receiver with A-GPS, 250 megabytes of internal memory, Micro-USB port and slot for memory card format MicroSD.

The new smartphone has the support networks of GSM / EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) and WCDMA / HSDPA / HSUPA. Sales of smartphone Nokia E5 scheduled for the third quarter of this year, the approximate retail value of new items - 180 euros. Creep.ru